Dig This!

Louis Sachar's 1998 Newbery Award Winning HOLES is just the book we all need right now! When Stanley Yelnats's bad luck leads him to Camp Green Lake, a detention center for boys, he is forced by the frightening warden to dig holes to "build character." Little does Stanley know that the forces of fate and destiny are finally working on his side, and his most important tasks will be to dig up the truth and fill in the holes of his family's history. But it all depends on the choices he makes!

Full of wonderful twists and turns that are sometimes sad and funny, HOLES is the kind of book that gets you cheering for its hero, and its Zero.

Made into a movie in 2003, read the book, then rent the movie (Shia Labeouf stars!), then read the book again! I read HOLES twice and loved it both times!